horsepower. >> 101 horsepower? >> for a guy like me, i'm about a 200 pound guy. this gets you around pretty well? >> i had it on 85 on 85 this morning. >> how long did it take you to get to 85? >> i'm getting the hard wrap. back to you, t.j. >> thank you. we are back at the top of the hour. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for being with us. we hahave a lot to catch up on this morning. including a ruling for workers from the twin towers. a top motorcycle racer continued his career after an accident left him partially paralyzed. first, how the budget dealings in washington are

affecting our kids. max page. or should i call him mini darth vader. you remember max page. we introduced you to him last we' week. he is 6 years old and on his third pacemaker. he took capitol hill by storm this week. max and his family came to washington with a group of kids to put the pressure on lawmakers. >> we are one family from california trying to make a difference. >> to protect medicaid coverage for children and preserve

funding for the programs that train half of the pediatricians. they met with lawmakers from both parties. >> i want to help my hospital. >> so, it is hard for something like a worthy institution like this. >> you are going to be around here a lot longer than i am. we want to make sure. >> you are here longer than me. i'm six and you are a senator? >> max joins me from washington and mom jennifer and dad, buck. we lost your brother? >> he is in the control room directing the show. >> why does that not surprise me knowing the page boys. max, how has the week been for you? is it what you expected? >> it has been on the dark planet. >> tell them about the special place you got to eat. >> i got to eat in the senate

dining room. >> that is impressive. jennifer and buck, when you are describing wehy you guys are there, is there a particular mission? >> max is here to save the medicaid funding for children. 30 million children are on medicaid. also to get the message out to save the funding for children's hospital graduate training program so we are training pediatricians in children hospital facilities. children's hospitals are 1% of the hospitals, but train 40% of the pediatricians and specialists. that was the main mission for the last two and a half days. >> you know, buck, we have talked about this quite a bit. i don't think a lot of people realize these programs are in jeopardy. medicaid which provides this level of care to about one-third of kids out there and training doctors as jennifer was saying. were you -- did the people seem

to understand the implications of your message? >> i think they all understood what we are here to do and the message that we are delivering. we broke it out in some very clear detail even if it was confusing at one point where it was lumped into a bigger package. they all seemed very committed and they all listened. they all seemed to understand and had a clearer focus on what part of the overall challenge, but the part we were here representing, they had a clear understanding. >> and jennifer, if the message is not received, what is the worst-case scenario here? what happens as a result? >> the funding will get cut for medicaid for the children. the graduate programs at our children's hospital of los angeles, we have 200 pediatric

doctors in training. at our hospital, that would drop down to 50. it would decrease by 75%. a short-term and long-term impact on not just the specialists, but the basic pediatrician, which every pregnant woman goes to see. it is really important long h f term. >> max, you are representing a lot of kids. they are looking to you and hoping that the senators and the congressional leaders are listening to you. do you feel like they were listening to you, max? >> i feel a lot like they were listening to me. >> i think they had fun with you. it was a stressful week up there, but you made it fun. there was a lot of laughter when you walked in the halls. >> congratulations. you guys are doing amazing work. i hope people are listening. there has been a lot of discussion regarding where we are going in the country with

the budget. hopefully this was a message that was heard as well. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for your support in the message. you may not know this, but earlier this year, the white house proposed to eliminate all funding for the federal program that helps train pediatricians and pediatric specialists. they say we need to save the money. max was in washington and a house sub committee voted to continue the program. it is a first step. there are many more committees that still need to weigh in. the other issue you heard about from max and other kids lobbying in d.c. is medicaid. about one-third of all kids in hospitals get some sort of medicaid assistance. after max and his family left the office, we caught a few minutes with max baucus. >> there should be cuts. we will not cut kids. whether it is children's health or medicaid, we will not cut

kids. >> that is good to hear. the budget fight, of course, is still unfolding. some of the proposals being discussed could result in major cuts to medicaid which helps many children and low-income families. we spent time with minerva love. her family relies on medicaid for her care. her family calls her mimi. she has a smile that lights up a room. >> how are you? >> like it did this week on capitol hill. but even at age 5, she can only speak a few words. you see as a young baby, she developed hydrocephelous. >> it is so much to take in. it was scary. you are telling me -- i never heard of this. she doesn't have a brain. it was scary. >> hi. >> yeah.

>> her thinking is normal for her age, but her motor skills are nonexistent. mimi's mother, ashley, works for the tsa. without medicaid, she could not pay for physical therapy or this device. that is why she is so worried that the budget fight will make it harder to care for her daughter. >> she requires almost a lifetime worth of therapy. she requires multiple therapy every week. it was make it extremely hard. >> it is not just mimi, medicaid helps nearly one-third of all children and covers half of the kids at children's hospitals. congress member michael burgess is a big backer of programs to train pediatric specialists. with medicaid, we are facing tough choices. >> it will require more money. that more money will come from

somewhere. does that mean a lessening of benefits for people on the program currently and evening out? when you have a finite number of resources, something has to give. >> that is a reminder that the budget negotiations you hear about involve lots of choices and numbers. there are real people behind the numbers like mimi and max. coming up, a decision affecting workers who say they got sick in cases after they rushed to help after the world trade center collapse on 9/11. t. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. new ensure high protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. see? he's a good egg.

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york city police department, who was one of the first responders after the attacks. he was diagnosed with an aggressive stage three lymphoma. >> if there was a study that came out tomorrow, ernie, that said, we now know that people getting sick at ground zero had nothing to do with the environment, how would that make you feel? >> i would have to say it would be a total lie. any doctors i have spoken to or nurses, they all say the same thing. it is definitely related. we have so many rescue workers, especially cops and firefighters. >> you hear that sentiment a bit as we have been investigating this. talking with doctors who suspect a cancer connection. something they are racing to sort out to get the right help for people who are sick and dying right now. you can see the full

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you know, we have a new finding from researchers studies head injuries. we know repeated hits to the head from football or boxing can cause a lasting brain damage. it is called cte. on the left is a normal brain. on the right is a cte impacted brain.

researchers at the university of california davis has figured out a way to tell the damage apart from similar conditions like alzheimer's. it will not help living patients. it can only be detected after death. last year, we told you about a college football player, a linebacker for boston college. in 2008, he was diagnosed with bone cancer. after months of radiation and chemo, he was back on the field. he has signed on to play with the new york giants in the nfl. competition is a way of life for doug henry. he is a four time national motocross champion. at age 38, he had an accident during practice which left him paralyzed. that was not enough to keep him off the track.

four-time national champion, doug henry's racing career has taken him to incredible heights. and devastating lows. he has been inducted in the american motorcycle association's hall of fame and won dozens of medals and trophies over the years. look closely, you will see this bike is a bar and strap that help him stay on. that's because four years ago the unthinkable happened. and he was paralyzed. >> when i hit the wall between the bike, you know, i was stuck between the bike, you know, it was the end. it was the end for me. it was all over. >> henry's love affair with racing began when he was 4. at 15 he entered his first race, had a midair collision and broke his arm. after turning pro at the age of 20 he had another bad accident and broke his back for the first time, but he recovered. two years later he was back on the track. there were more injuries. over 200 serious crashes, but he

always walked away. until march 4th, 2007. he lost control on a corner during practice. >> i knew it was over. i just -- everything. just dancing. i wasn't much of a dancer. but i knew i wasn't going to be. i thought about all the things that we couldn't do or wouldn't be able to do together. >> it got worse. two weeks later his wife stacy was diagnosed with breast cancer. together they got through it. henry is partially paralyzed from the waist down. but it hasn't stopped him from competing. he's modified a snowmobile and dirt bike to race in x game competitions designed for disabled athletes and he's winning races in his new sport. henry hopes he can motivate others, whose lives have suddenly taken a detour and help them get back to doing what they love. >> i try to do as much as i can

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as we're getting ready to dive in for next week's swim, part of the new york city triat lon, news out more than 200 million gallons of raw sewage discharged into the hudson risk per. that's like 275 high school swimming pools full of raw sewage. this occurred after a fire in

one of the new york city waste water treatment plants. the city has been testing the waters on a daily basis and the results aren't good. they were forced to shut down several beaches and rivers but hoping it's going to be safe in time for our swim next week. dirty waters are not dampening anyone's excitement and joining me one of our six viewers joining me at the race, nina, who told us yesterday she literally had to put books on her head to keep herself grounded she's so excited about this. you look fantastic, first of all. you really look great. >> thank you, i feel great, sanjay. >> when we first met you, you said 58 was the new 28 and some people thought that's just a slogan, but at 58 you're blowing some of these younger guys now out of the water with your training. how do you feel about your training overall? >> my training has just gone great. i have been able to accomplish all of the goals that i've had for it, and i have done a river

swim, i've been practicing in the pool. i'm ready. i'm ready for everything. >> what's the secret here? i know at one point even you had some doubts. it's an audacious task to take on. people watching right now think, what is -- what can you share with people that got you through this? >> well, when we first started, i couldn't run a mile, really, barely, without walking a little bit of it, and it's just because that my training has been very slow and incremental and careful and very steady, six or seven days a week, that i've been able to build up very gradually my endurance. people will look at me and say i can't believe you can run six miles. well, i couldn't automatically run six miles. i had to build up to it. it's the same with the biking. i was not real comfortable with the biking at first. i've fall an lot off my bike. but the sunday before last i took a 50-mile bike ride. >> wow. i can't wait to see you at the beginning of the race and then certainly at the end of the race as well. looking forward to seeing you there.

>> thank you. i can't wait to see you either, sanjay. have a safe trip. >> fingers crossed. last but certainly not least, kendra kenly has been focused on making lifestyle changes. will last long after the triathlon ends and joins me now from chicago. last time i think we worked out together was in hawaii. i know a big part of that workout time for you is just building up some confidence. you hadn't done a lot of these things before. how is your confidence level overall as you're approaching this? >> i think it's drastically improved since hawaii. i mean my longest bike ride today was -- or to date has been 30 miles. >> wow. >> i've been able to swim a mile in lake michigan and been able to walk, run six miles necessary for the race. >> that's fantastic. i mean that's -- you're already -- sounds like you're ready right now. that's really great. >> yeah. yeah. >> a lot of people, you know, were curious about you and, you know, watch you and think, could

i do this myself? what would you tell people? anybody who wants -- you never done this before, about to do a triathlon, a challenging physical event. can anybody do this, do you think? >> i think for the most part. i mean, i think it's just taking it one step at a time and really just setting realistic goals for yourself. i think that's very important. >> for us, as you know, we talked a lot about this, the goal is really about fitness, about creating a more healthy america. for you, you said one of the things you wanted to do was try to lose some weight. that was a priority for you. i mean, you look great. how much weight have you lost and more importantly, how do you feel? >> i've lost about 30 pounds right now. and i feel a lot better. i feel a lot stronger than i did when i started in january and february. >> well, we'll be right there at the start line together, jump into the hudson together and congratulate each other at the end. i'm really proud of you. >> oh, thank you. i look forward to that.